depreciation

Over the course of three days ending on Sept. 19, the country’s central bank spent over $1 billion of its hard-currency reserves defending the Argentine peso from further depreciation.

As the word “depreciation” suggests, the metaphor here is that this woman was more like a car than a person; she had no rights that a man needed to respect.

Within that range, the mileage cost is cheaper than diesel - although it's complicated when taking account other factors, such as higher capital costs, lower maintenance costs and the unclear impact of depreciation.

Although Mr Mack shared how there are issues with electric cars such as the price, mileage, battery life, depreciation and appearance.

Most run according to a combination of budget cycles, maintenance and depreciation schedules, accounting rules and plain old obsolescence.